<center><big>[[Sea Scouting]] is a specialized segment of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] [[Venturing]] program which<br> addresses members' boating skills and promotes knowledge of our maritime heritage.<br> Swimming, lifesaving, first aid, Coast Guard Auxiliary Sailing and Seamanship,<br> and cardiopulmonary resuscitation courses are taught by the ship by its officers.</big> </center><br>

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A Sea Scout unit is called a "[[Ship]]." Members are young men and women under the age of 21 who are at least 14 years old, or 13 years old but have completed the 8th grade.

Sea Scouts will learn and live by the [[Sea Promise]]; as part of Venturing they also learn and live by the [[Venturing Oath]] and the [[Venturing Code]].

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In addition, some ships supplement these ideals with their own [[The Ship Code|Ship Code]], a statement of ideals and conduct developed and approved by the ships' members.

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==Advancement==

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{{:Sea Scout Ranks}}

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Revision as of 01:57, August 15, 2012

Sea Scouting is a specialized segment of the Boy Scouts of AmericaVenturing program which addresses members' boating skills and promotes knowledge of our maritime heritage. Swimming, lifesaving, first aid, Coast Guard Auxiliary Sailing and Seamanship, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation courses are taught by the ship by its officers.

A Sea Scout unit is called a "Ship." Members are young men and women under the age of 21 who are at least 14 years old, or 13 years old but have completed the 8th grade.

Sea Scouting advancement

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Sea Scouts may earn the Apprentice, Ordinary, Able and Quartermaster ranks. Criteria for these ranks can be found in the Sea Scout Manual.

Sea Scout advancements are approved by the ship's quarterdeck. In the case of the Quartermaster Award, the application is reviewed by the ship's committee with a member of the district advancement committee as chairman. Since the Quartermaster award is a Venturing recognition, it may be earned by any young man or young woman registered as a Venturer up to his or her 21st birthday.

Sea Scout ranks

Apprentice

Ordinary

To earn Ordinary, the Sea Scout must know how to box a compass, must demonstrate leadership qualities, complete requirements relating to drill, sailing, and engines and complete a tenure of one year in Sea Scouting.

Quartermaster

The Quartermaster Award is the highest rank attainable by a Sea Scout can earn and is equivalent to Eagle Scout. The Sea Scout must attend at least two thirds of all ship meetings over eighteen months, demonstrate marlinspike seamanship and leadership skills, demonstrate the ability to teach Sea Scouting, complete a community service project and pass a council level board of review. The Quartermaster emblem is a medal consisting of the Sea Scout emblem on a ship's wheel that is suspended from a solid dark blue ribbon that is in turn suspended from a bar bearing the design of a double carrick bend knot.